1st Michigan Light Artillery / Battery L
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Coldwater, Mich., and mustered in April 11, 1863. Left State for Covington, Ky., May 20, and duty there until June 4, 1863. Moved to Camp Nelson, Ky., June 4; thence to Mt. Sterling, Ky., June 12. Attached to Artillery, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to September, 1863. Willcox's Division, Cumberland Gap, Left Wing Forces, Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1864. District of the Clinch, Dept. of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Reconnaissance from Mr. Sterling, Ky., Bridge June 16. Moved to Lebanon, Ky., July 4. Action with Morgan at Lebanon July 5.
- July 6-July 26, 1863 -
Morgan's Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio
Buffington Island, Ohio, July 19 (Section). Steubenville, Ohio, July 26 (Section). Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. March across Cumberland Mountains to Knoxville, Tenn., August 16-September 2. Winter's Gap August 31. Moved to Morristown September 4. Operations about Cumberland Gap September 7-10. Carter's Depot September 22.
Jonesboro September 28. Blue Springs October 5 and 10. Sweetwater October 10-11. Moved to Bean's Station November 9 and to Tazewell November 12. To Cumberland Gap November 18. Return to Tazewell December 25, thence to Evans' Ford, Clinch River, December 26, To Cumberland Gap January 12, 1864, and duty there until June 27. Moved to Knoxville June 27-July 1 and duty there until August, 1865. (One Section detached to guard railroad at Strawberry Plains December 6, 1864, to April 10, 1865.) Ordered to Jackson, Mich., August 15, and there mustered out August 22, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Battery lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 1 Officer and 27 Enlisted men by disease. Total 29.
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 735, 862, 1279)
